Permanent waving device



May 3, 1938.

C. F. HARRIS ET AL.

PERMANENT WAVING DEVICE Filed July 3, 1955 eeegeeeee IN VENTOR,

Patented May 3, 1938 PATENT OFFICE PERMANENT WAVING DEVICE Clara F. Harris and Willard A. Tripp, Kansas City, Mo.

Application July 3, 1935, Serial No. 29,662

7 Claims.

This invention relates to permanent waving devices of the type employing the well known exothermic material containing pad such as disclosed in United States Letters Patent No. 1,892,390 is- 5 sued December 2'7, 1932, and the primary object of this invention is to provide a tress holding and forming clamp of a multiple unit type which is effective in waving hair while it is in substantially the position assumed naturally on the 10 scalp.

Another important object of this invention is the provision of a permanent waving device of the aforementioned character wherein is provided a pair of spaced apart tress holding mem- 15 bars between which is interposed waving mem bers that are adapted to hold means for heating the tress as it is clamped by said device.

A yet further aim of this invention is to provide permanent waving equipment in the form 20 of a tress clamp which has structure for off-setting the tress at spaced apart points throughout its length in directions substantially perpendicular to each other to the end that an effective and desirable wave is created in the tress which 25 assumes the normal and desired position on the scalp without the necessity of the setting operation which is normally required when permanent waves are imparted to the hair.

In employing a permanent waving device hav- 30 ing the aforementioned broad characteristics,

advantages will be present which allow an appreciable saving in time and which permit predetermining the position of the separate undulations of the wave to the end that a better appearing and more desirably balanced wave is produced.

The illustrated embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a permanent 4,0 waving device made in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a vertical central cross section through the device, and

45 Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section taken along line IVIV of Fig. 2.

Some of the component parts of this device are well known in the art and in this regard reference is had to the clamp which is formed 5 along one edge of the device and which comprises a movable jaw 6 having a resilient memher 8 which is moved toward and from the upturned wall I!) of a pad I 2 for the purpose of clamping the tress l4 therebetween along a line 55 close to the base of the hair forming the tress.

Jaw 6 is pivotally mounted as at i6 and a lock such as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 may be employed to draw the jaw to the operative position. This lock comprises a swingable screwthreaded bar IB that enters between ears 20 on jaw 6 and which carried a thumb-nut 22 for the purpose of drawing jaw 6 against wall After the clamp has been operated to secure the tress between the jaws thereof, the tress is drawn or spread over the upper edges of members 24 in the 10 form of upstanding walls, the upper edges of which directly engage tress M which is shown in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3. These members 24 have offset notches 26 formed in the upper edges thereof so that the tress I4 is caused to assume a serpentine path as it extends from the clamp to spool 28 that is rotatably mounted upon the device at the edge, opposite to the aforesaid clamp. This spool 28 is provided with the regular conventional type holder 30 and is formed in a manner well known in the art.

A handle 32 is provided so that spool 28 may be manually manipulated to tension that part of the tress extending from jaws 6 to spool 28. A ratchet 34 is formed upon one end of spool 28 and a resilient finger 36 engages this ratchet 34 so that as spool 28 is turned in one direction, ratchet and finger structure will preclude a reversal of the movement until the operator desires to release the tress.

In addition to walls 24 which are provided between the spaced apart means for tensioning a part of the tress, there is provided the arcuate swingable members 38 which are moved down against the tress to press the same between walls 24. These members 38 are hingedly mounted at one end through the medium of the hinge rod 4!] and a bar 42 over-lies each member 38 when the device is assembled. These bars 42 are likewise hingedly connected to rod 4!! and one end thereof is tapered as at 44 so that latch 46 is automatically made effective when the bar is moved to the position shown in Fig. 4. These latch members 46 are in the form of resilient tongues having a recessed portion 48 for the reception of one end of bar 42 and the upwardly and outwardly extending ends thereof aiford a means for quickly releasing the same.

As the drawing illustrates, bars 42 are moved to position against a pad 50 which contains an 50 exothermic material and which is employed for the purpose of imparting a, sufiicient amount of heat to the hair being waved to impart the wave thereto. This pad 56 is of the general character of the pad disclosed in the aforementioned patent and heat which originates therein passes through openings 52 in members 38 and thence to the tress which is against these members along the side opposite from that side thereof contacted by pad 50. The ends of pad 50 are held in place by such members as shields 54 and 56 and the particular construction shown, insures that heat from pad 50 will positively pass to the tress M.

The operation of the permanent waving device has been made clear during the course of the specification and it is obvious that tensioning the tress M in the manner specified, will insure that it tightly engages all of the parts disposed between the clamp and spool 6 and 28 respectively. It has been found that when a tress is so treated and then combined with an exothermic containing pad as this invention contemplates, the hair waving is accomplished in a most eflicient manner.

While one particular form of the permanent waving device has been shown and described, it is known that modifications might be employed without departing from the spirit of the invention or scope of the appended. claims.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. A permanent waving device of the character described comprising, in combination, adjustable means for tensioning a tress; means for offsetting said tress at spaced-apart intervals throughout its length in two planes substantially perpendicular to each other; and means for heating the tress while in the oifset condition.

2. A permanent waving device of the character described comprising, in combination, spacedapart means, for tensioning a tress; a plurality of spaced-apart substantially parallel flat members between said means; a plurality of coacting elements to offset the tress between the members; and means on the tress-engaging portions of said members for offsetting the tress in a ser-- pentine path at an angle to said first named offset.

3. A permanent waving device of the character described comprising, in combination, spacedapart means for tensioning a tress; a plurality of spaced-apart members fixed between said means; a plurality of coacting elements to offset the tress between the members; and means for heating the tress when so held, said coacting elements and heating means being arcuate in cross section to impart a wave to the tress between the said members.

4. A permanent waving device of the character described comprising, in combination, spacedapart means for tensioning a tress; a plurality of relatively fixed, spaced-apart parallel members between said means; a plurality of coacting elements to offset the tress between said members; and means for heating the tress when so held, said coacting elements being independently hingedly mounted at their one end for movement toward and from the tress transversely of the latter and having a latch at the other end thereof to maintain the element in operative position against the tress between said spaced-apart members.

5. A permanent waving device of the character described comprising, in combination, spacedapart means for tensioning a tress; a plurality of relatively fixed spaced-apart members between said means; a plurality of coacting spaced-apart elements to offset the tress between the members; and means for heating the tress when so held, said coacting elements being arcuate in cross section to impart a wave to the tress between said members and provided with a plurality of holes therethrough, said heating means overlying said coacting elements and conforming to the outer surface thereof.

6. A permanent waving device of the character described comprising, in combination, spaced-- apart means for tensioning a tress; a plurality of spaced-apart, substantially parallel members between said means; a plurality of coacting elements to offset the tress between the members; and means for heating the tress when so held,

said coacting elements being arcuate in cross section to impart a wave to the tress between said members and provided with a plurality of holes therethrough, said heating means overlying said coacting elements, each of said elements having a hingedly mounted bar adjustable for holding the heating means against the face thereof.

7. A permanent waving device of the character described comprising in combination, a tress clamp; a spool in spaced relation to the clamp; means for offsetting the tress in planes substantially perpendicular to the axis of said spool to form undulations therein; means to further oilset the tress in planes parallel with the axis of said spool to form undulations in the tress at substantially right angles to the said first-named undulations; and means for heating said tress when so held.

' CLARA F. HARRIS.

WILLARD A. TRIPP. 

